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Word entry · 6 letters

infest

Best crossword clue

"Invade in numbers"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈfɛst/Part of speech verbSorted efinstStarts with IEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1I2N3F4E5S6T

Definitions

  1. invade in great numbers

Word origin

From Middle English infesten, from Old French infester (“to infest”), from Latin īnfestō (“assail, molest”, verb), from īnfestus (“hostile”), of uncertain origin.

Used in a sentence

  • Insects are infesting my basement!
  • I come now to speak of the Pyrates infesting the West-Indies, where they are more numerous than in any other Parts of the World, on several Reasons […]
  • He stayed not t’advize, which way were best His foe t’assayle, or how himselfe to gard, But with fierce fury and with force infest Upon him ran […]

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